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Is a 1923 law applicable for modern Bangladesh?


Is a 1923 law applicable for modern Bangladesh?
Eminent citizens question govt’s move to arrest investigative journalist
Staff correspondent
Staff correspondent
Civil society bodies and eminent citizens across the nation issued statements decrying the arrest of Prothom Alo senior correspondent Rozina Islam and demanded her immediate release.
Addressing a webinar by the Committee for the Protection of Fundamental Rights (Moulik Odhikar Shurokkha Committee), eminent jurist Dr Shahdeen Malik commented on the use of the Official Secrets Act against Rozina Islam.
I have only found one judgment under this law, and it was given by the High Court in 1983. This is a clear example that the government is using the criminal code to silence journalists in new ways, he said. ....

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